Author: Peter Rudge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000373460
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 171
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This book argues for a broader approach to sustainable growth in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Small island states such as those in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and South Pacific face significant and growing threats from climate change, increasing political and social volatility, and rapidly evolving global trends in technology and tourism. Based on ten years of research, this book looks beyond the Blue Economy of tourism and fisheries and provides a model of how creative industries, innovation networks, creative clusters and digital transformation can give SIDS the foundation for a strong sustainable future. The book provides not only insights into how these emerging digital-creative sectors can drive developing economies but also actionable tools for policy makers, entrepreneurs and academics to deliver increased performance on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and, ultimately, growth and sustainability. This book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of economic geography, sustainable development, development studies and the creative industries.
Author: Prince Edward Island
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Languages : en
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Author: John Bradley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Author: Gretchen Cara Daily
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610910966
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay, and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just that question, as the increasing scarcity of natural resources becomes a tangible threat to our own lives and our hopes for our children. The New Economy of Nature brings together Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, with Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, to offer an engaging and informative look at a new "new economy" -- a system recognizing the economic value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them.Through engaging stories from around the world, the authors introduce readers to a diverse group of people who are pioneering new approaches to conservation. We meet Adam Davis, an American business executive who dreams of establishing a market for buying and selling "ecosystem service units;" John Wamsley, a former math professor in Australia who has found a way to play the stock market and protect native species at the same time; and Dan Janzen, a biologist working in Costa Rica who devised a controversial plan to sell a conservation area's natural waste-disposal services to a local orange juice producer. Readers also visit the Catskill Mountains, where the City of New York purchased undeveloped land instead of building an expensive new water treatment facility; and King County, Washington, where county executive Ron Sims has dedicated himself to finding ways of "making the market move" to protect the county's remaining open space.Daily and Ellison describe the dynamic interplay of science, economics, business, and politics that is involved in establishing these new approaches and examine what will be needed to create successful models and lasting institutions for conservation. The New Economy of Nature presents a fundamentally new way of thinking about the environment and about the economy, and with its fascinating portraits of charismatic pioneers, it is as entertaining as it is informative.
Author: William Harmon Wilson
Publisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Introduces the basic principles of economics by letting students examine problems relating to the salary and expenses of the citizens of an imaginary island.
Author: James G. Peoples
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367008253
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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This book is a case study of economic change on a small Pacific island. The island, called Kosrae by the inhabitants, lies in the eastern Caroline Islands, which are part of the geographic and culture area known popularly as Micronesia.
Author: Stephan R. Epstein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521525077
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Late medeival Sicily is shown to have been neither underdeveloped nor dependent on foreign trade.
Author: Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920959081
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 139
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Author: Peter D. Schiff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111877020X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Straight answers to every question you've ever had about how the economy works and how it affects your life In this Collector's Edition of their celebrated How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes, Peter Schiff, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof and The Real Crash, once again teams up with his brother Andrew to spin a lively economic fable that untangles many of the fallacies preventing people from really understanding what drives an economy. The 2010 original has been described as a “Flintstones” take economics that entertainingly explains the beauty of free markets. The new edition has been greatly expanded in both quantity and quality. A new introduction and two new illustrated chapters bring the story up to date, and most importantly, the book makes the jump from black and white to full and vivid color. With the help of colorful cartoon illustrations, lively humor, and deceptively simple storytelling, the Schiff's bring the complex subjects of inflation, monetary policy, recession, and other important topics in economics down to Earth. The story starts with three guys on an island who barely survive by fishing barehanded. Then one enterprising islander invents a net, catches more fish, and changes the island’s economy fundamentally. Using this story the Schiffs apply their signature take-no-prisoners logic to expose the glaring fallacies and gaping holes permeating the global economic conversation. The Collector’s Edition: Provides straight answers about how economies work, without relying on nonsensical jargon and mind-numbing doublespeak the experts use to cover up their confusion Includes a new introduction that sets the stage for developing a deeper, more practical understanding of inflation and the abuses of the monetary system Adds two new chapters that dissect the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative easing policies and the European Debt Crisis. Colorizes the original book's hundreds of cartoon illustrations. The improved images, executed by artist Brendan Leach from the original book, add new vigor to the presentation Has a larger format that has been designed to fit most coffee tables. While the story may appear simple on the surface, as told by the Schiff brothers, it will leave you with a deep understanding of How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes.
Author: Donald J. Savoie
Publisher: Charlottetown : Government of Prince Edward Island
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Category : Prince Edward Island
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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This report looks at the policy environment in which future economic development measures will be formulated and implemented. It looks at past efforts in promoting economic development on Prince Edward Island. It also addresses the question of what governments should do to promote economic development? Finally, it brings forward a series of specific recommendations on how to strengthen industrial development opportunities and economic development in Prince Edward Island, how to develop and strengthen the Island's business community, and the kind of strategic themes governments should pursue.
